Organizational debt—Roadblock to agility in software engineering: Exploring an emerging concept and future research for software excellence

Osama Al-Baik, Mwaffaq Abu Alhija, Hikmat Abdeljaber, Muhammad Ovais Ahmad

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308183
Published: 2024-11-25
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0308183,
  title = {Organizational debt—Roadblock to agility in software engineering: Exploring an emerging concept and future research for software excellence},
  author = {Osama Al-Baik and Mwaffaq Abu Alhija and Hikmat Abdeljaber and Muhammad Ovais Ahmad},
  year = {2024},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0308183},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308183}
}

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AU  - Hikmat Abdeljaber
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Al-Baik, O., Alhija, M. A., Abdeljaber, H., & Ahmad, M. O. (2024). Organizational debt—Roadblock to agility in software engineering: Exploring an emerging concept and future research for software excellence. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308183

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